Tonight two residents from the Corozal District are missing. Maricela Castillo told police that her son, thirty nine year old Ali Gashohan left home on December twenty-second around eight thirty p.m. and he hasn’t been seen or heard from since. Gashohan is five feet nine inches in height, weighs about one hundred and eighty pounds […]
It’s that time of year when businesses across the country give away calendars to patrons as a token of their appreciation. Grace Kennedy Belize Limited which launched its series in January 2009 today presented its 2012 calendar before an audience of culinary enthusiasts in the Old Capital. The New Year’s calendar showcases a collection of […]
With three days to go until 2012 steps into the limelight, you might wanna take a look at your calendar to start planning for the New Year. The list of holidays for 2012 consists of eight extended weekends. The first for the year is New Year’s Day, which falls on a Sunday, so Monday, January […]
2011 will go down as the year in which Belizean football flirted with the big time. I’m James Adderley and here’s a brief glimpse back at the year in sports. We’re inside San Pedro Sula Honduras where the national football team of Belize was set to stage Game 2 of its 1st round World Cup […]
Following last week’s breakdown on 2011 fitness trends, we close of this year with a few last fitness tips. This week’s healthy living provides some important considerations for your fitness plan for 2012 ranging from recording what you eat to what you choose to your selection in undergarment. Karen Rosito, Nutritionist & Fitness Instructor “I […]
The extended Christmas weekend may have brought seasonal cheer to most of the country but there is still grief as three persons lost their lives. Two died by accident, but a man known for spending quality time with his family and for taking them on trips to Disney Land has been murdered. The well-known and […]
All was not quiet in the former capital either. Fifty-eight year old Alfonso Zetina was shot in the shoulder while walking along Youth For The Future Drive on Christmas Day. Interestingly, the laborer, of a Belize City address, was unaware that he was the victim of a shooting incident which occurred an hour earlier. According […]
There were two other persons who lost their lives over the holiday weekend. At 11:50pm on December, twenty-fifth, Police responded to a scene at the Battlefield Park on Albert Street, in Belize City where they found the body of Clifford Stephen junior. The police investigation into his death is ongoing. However, an unofficial report says […]
At the top of the newscast, you heard of the Santa Elena resident that was brutally murdered during a home invasion. There was another aggravated burglary that occurred and it happened during the most festive if not sacred part of the weekend. In the early hours on the morning of December twenty-fifth, Christmas Day, an […]
And while the police are fresh on the case of that aggravated burglary, another case that occurred earlier in the year still has fresh wounds for its victim. On September twenty seventh, a four-year-old girl was taken out of her classroom by someone she knew. Not only did she tell her mother a detailed account […]
A near fatal road traffic accident involving two vehicles traveling in opposite directions along the Western Highway several miles outside of Benque Viejo Town on Monday morning has left three people, employees of Windy Hill Resort, severely injured. The collision occurred between miles sixty-nine and seventy as a green Toyota HiAce, driven by Luis Polanco, […]
News Five also spoke with Assistant Superintendent Claudio Mai who said that San Ignacio police are continuing their investigation into the accident. Asst. Supt. Claudio Mai “Okay this traffic accident occurred between seventy and seventy-one miles western highway which is just the dump area which is between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo. Reportedly Mister Luis […]
The Western Highway wasn’t the only road that was dangerous. But instead of a dangerous curve, two workers found themselves at the receiving end of the barrel of a gun. On Friday December twenty-third around three-thirty in the afternoon, Jaime Salguero, driver of Bowen & Bowen Limited reported to police that he was returning from […]
The Christmas weekend was busy not only for highway robbers but also those who prey on precious natural resources in protected areas as well as on crown land. The extraction of Rosewood continues unabated and despite numerous objections held by groups such as SATIIM and the Maya Leaders Alliance, poor villagers continue to cut down […]
Ending the Rosewood extraction seems as tough as trying to reform criminals from returning to the courts. Earlier today, Anthony Mortis, a career criminal, was back in court today to answer a charge of attempted burglary. The fifty-two year old appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer this morning after being accused of trying to break […]
Christmas came a few days late for another man who made an appearance at the courthouse. Nineteen-year-old Delroy Moss, who has been the subject of a firearm and ammunition case, narrowly escaped a five year sentence today when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer. It is alleged that on March 13th, 2011 Moss was […]
Chinese grocer Xin Ye Zheng, proprietor of Lips Bar on Newtown Barracks, was the victim of an armed robbery on Monday when a pair of gunmen ambushed him at the close of his business. This morning thirty-one year old Brassel Gordon, a resident of Saint Thomas Street and twenty-five year old Keith Williams, a security […]
Squatting in the Holy Emmanuel area, otherwise known as Gungulung, has been an issue of serious concern for the Lands Department over the past year. In late March an entire community of trespassers was confronted by heavily armed police officers who barred them from entering unto property belonging to the Government of Belize. On June […]
There is one man who has been boldly going where no man has gone before. And though he has gone beyond borders, he has been honored for it. Doctor Arlie Oswald Petters was recently honored with a Caribbean American Heritage Award at its eighteenth gala in Washington D.C. for his contribution to science. Added to […]
Dubbed ‘the Prince of Belize’, he gave you the hit ‘Tornado,’ but he’s not one-hit wonder. Lova Boy is back with a hot new video for a track entitled ‘You Da Wife’ which is featured on his debut album “Grand Opening”. The recording artist released the video in Belize and online at his website, on […]
At least three B.D.F. soldiers will not be having a good Christmas. That’s because a decision has been handed down in respect of forty-two weapons, handguns and high-powered weapons that were discovered missing in mid October. The B.D.F. revealed on October twelfth that an arsenal including twenty-two M-sixteen A1 rifles, two M4 commander rifles, eleven […]
Belize’s most wanted fugitive, sought by authorities for the heinous murders of his former in-laws, remained on the lam for less than twenty-four hours; that is until he committed suicide. The lifeless body of forty year old Lorne Lisbey, wanted for the vicious slaying of Anacleta Pech and her daughter Ana Cortez on Thursday, was […]
Thousands of files of what appear to be irregularities at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital have come into our possession. It contains from mundane administrative information to questionable financial charges. There are copies of credit card charges and orders and payments placed to a US based company, Skilled Solutions, for purchases of hospital supplies and […]
Herrera claims that it went downhill for him following a dispute with Fabro. He was subsequently dismissed. Delroy Herrera, Former KHMH Employee “I was terminated based on a quote that stated that I was in a fight. Fight is defined in the Webster Dictionary as “to use physical force with fists or to overcome an […]
If there was any intention to suppress information, then that could be counterproductive because Herrera’s attorney says the documents are being thoroughly reviewed. Arthur Saldivar, Attorney “Presently we have a team going through the documents quantifying the values in terms of monies spent that went through the purchasing department of the KHMH in particular under […]
